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4C Wednesday, May 23, 2001 THE TENNESSEAN www.tetwesaean.com SPORTS: BASEBALL Morris rallies Nashville to win Nooa Nashville RHP Jason Ryan (3-4, 3.45) faces Memphis RHP Chad Hutchinson (0-2, 928). SOUNDS 2. REDBIRDS 1 EastDMaton EastDMskm Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Mr Boston 25 18 .581 5-5 W-1 14-8 11-10 0-0 Philadelphia 25 17 .595 5-5 L-1 13-7 12-10 0-0 NewVbrk 24 20 .545 154 4-6 L-1 12-9 12-11 00 Atlanta 22 24 .478 5 5-5 L-1 12-9 10-15 00 Toronto 23 21 .523 254 4-6 W-1 12-11 11-10 0-0 Florida 21 23 .477 5 7-3 W-1 13-10 8-13 00 BaJtmore 20 24 .455 554 6-4 W-1 10-13 10-11 0-0 Montreal 19 27 .413 8 6-4 W-1 10-13 9-14 0-0 TampaBay 12 32 .273 1354 2-8 L-1 6-16 6-16 0-0 NewYork 18 27 .400 8V4 4-6 L-1 11-10 7-17 00 Central Division Central Division Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Minnesota 30 13 .698 6-4 W-1 18-5 12-8 0-0 St. Louis 25 18 .581 7-3 L-1 15-7 10-11 00 Cleveland 28 14 .667 154 64 L-2 13-8 15-6 0-0 Chicago 24 20 .545 154 3-7 W-3 13-9 11-11 00 Detroit 21 21 .500 854 6-4 W-1 10-10 11-11 00 Houston 24 20 .545 154 6-4 L-3 10-13 14-7 00 Kansas City 17 28 .378 14 5-5 L-2 9-13 8-15 0-0 Milwaukee 24 20 .545 154 6-4 W-1 17-7 7-13 00 Chicago 14 28 .333 1514 2-8 L-7 9-12 5-16 00 Cincinnati 19 25 .432 6 3-7 L-1 6-16 13-9 0-0 West Division Pittsburgh 15 27 .357 9 3-7 W-2 9-10 6-17 0-0 Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr West Division Seattle 32 12 .727 7-3 L-1 15-7 17-5 0-0 Pet GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Oakland 22 22 .500 10 8-2 W-7 10-11 12-11 00 Arizona 24 20 .545 6-4 W-1 12-11 12-9 00 Anaheim 20 23 .465 11V4 5-5 W-1 12-9 8-14 00 San Diego 24 21 .533 54 6-4 W-4 9-13 15-8 00 Texas 16 28 .364 16 4-6 W-2 8-14 8-14 0-0 San Francisco 23 21 .523 1 5-5 L-2 14-8 9-13 00 LosAngeles 24 22 .522 1 4-6 L-3 16-7 8-15 00 Colorado 23 22 .511 154 4-6 W-3 14-10 9-12 00 bi bi 0 0 SOUNDS Redman cf Wilson ss emandazlb Betrf Green it Moms 3b Cotac Hermnsenrl Figueroa2b Karip Taylor 1 2 REDBIRDS Mastered Sagmoenrf Ortega If Andrews 1b Lucca 3b Garcia ss McDonald Poteovich2b Whtmorepri Smith Bavins ph Hackmanp Totals By MIKE ORGAN Stuff Writer Nashville shut down Memphis in the last four innings last night to win 2-1 and avenge an ugly loss to the Redbirds on Monday. The Sounds rallied for the win after retiring the final 12 Memphis batters in order.

A Greer Stadium crowd of 5350 watched the Sounds bounce back from the first game of the series against Memphis when the Red-birds rolled to a 9-1 victory. After a sluggish start, the Sounds collected six hits during the fourth through seventh innings. Nashville took the lead in the sixth inning when Warren Morris' grounder hit the front of the pitcher's mound, bounced high into the air and landed in center-field. That scored Alex Hernandez from second, giving the Sounds their first lead Morris hit his second home run of the year in the fourth inning for Nashville's other rua Nashville finished the game with nine hits. Scott Karl (2-2) had his longest outing of the seasoa pitching eight innings.

He allowed six hits, walked one, and struck out sevea Billy Taylor relieved Karl in the ninth, and ended the game with three consecutive ground outs. "Scott did a very good job of mixing up his pitches," Sounds Manager Marty Brown said "It was a real smart pitching effort It was kind of a tough decision to take Scott out when we did but Billy Taylor is our closer, that's what he gets paid to do." Today's game: Vs. Memphis, 32 2 9 2 Totals NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE 000 100 000-161 000 110 OOx -292 Memphis Nasnvtkt TEAM 2000VS.OPP. ERA REC W-L IP ERA 4.13 7-2 No Record 3.43 6-3 0-2 12 16.43 2001 PITCHERS W-L Garcia (R) 4-0 Milton (L) 5-3 Cincinnati at Chicago, 120 p.m. E-Lucca (8); Hernandez (1); Rgueroa (10).

DP-Memphls 1. LOB-Memonis 7: Nashville 9. 2B-tvteTJonald (11). HR-Mor- Seattle at Minnesota, 12:05 p.m. Anaheim at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

ns (2). HPB-Hernandez; Cota. SB-Hemiansen (4). Cota (1). sr bb so 3.04 6-2 0-2 23.0 6.65 5.15 3-3 No Record Memphis Smith 4-4 Hackman Neshvate Karl W.2-2 Taylor 6.00 0-1 No Record 2.93 4-5 20 15.2 0.57 3.97 54 No Record 4.69 4-5 00 3.0 0.00 Cone(R) 00 Petttte(L) 4-3 Wells, DjL) 3-4 Hamilton (R) 1-2 2001 TEAM 2000VS.OPP.

PITCHERS W-L ERA REC W-L IP ERA BellM 0-2 4.09 0-4 1-1 27.0 2.67 BerefR) 3-2 5.00 4-4 No Record Brown (R) 5-2 1.86 6-2 2-1 22.0 2.05 Astack)(R) 4-4 4.50 4-5 0-1 4.1 10.38 JarvisfR) 2-4 4.97 2-7 00 12.1 6.57 BottenfieldjRj 2-3 .4.71 2-3 No Record Letter (L) 1-3 4.66 2-3 0-0 5.2 4.76 Thurman(R 3-4 5.68 4-5 0-2 10.1 14.81 Olivares(R) 2-4 5.65 3-5 No Record DaaJfL) 5-0 3.70 8-1 1-0 6.0 4.50 Maddux (R) 3-4 2.92 5-4 1-1 22.2 1.59 Burnett (R) 2-1 0.84 2-1 1-1 11.0 5.73 Morris 6-2 2.32 7-2 1 0 2.2 6.75 Rigdon(R) 2-1 3.93 4-5 No Record Gardner 0-3 6.27 1-5 0-1 12.0 4.50 Johnson (L) 5-3 2.81 7-3 1-1 12.1 6.57 4.24 4-4 0-1 5.2 12.71 5.08 6-3 00 6.2 6.75 Boston at New York, 6:05 p.m. Chicago at Toronto, 6:05 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m. Texas at Tampa Bay, 6:15 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m.

San Diego at Houston, 3:05 p.m. New York at Montreal, 6:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m. Atlanta at Florida, 6:05 p.m. St Louis at Milwaukee, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 9:05 p.m. ROCKIES 11, DODGERS 8 MARLINS 3, BRAVES 2 BREWERS 5, CARDINALS 0 TIGERS 3, INDIANS 0 681 1-6 00 5.2 3.18 7.47 0-2 00 1.0 0.00 5.31 2-5 00 5.2 4.76 5.13 2-2 0-1 8.2 16.62 Glynn (R) 1-3 Rose (Ft) 0-2 LidlefR) 0-2 DurbinjR) 2-2 KEY W-L-Records include reaufer season and TEAM REC-Teams record in games started by toiays pitcher. vb UHf-Htcners record versus ire opponent, ajuu statistics. OMR Cedenorf Maces 3b Fickc Ingec TCiarklb Palmer dh DCruzss JEncamacioni Easajy2b RJacksontf Totals Ctevstand JaCruzcf Burks dh FWomar2b JGonzaJezrf Thomelb MCordovaff Branyan3b EADiazc JofCabrerass Totals AB BI BB SO Avg. 4 0 1 0 0 0 542 4 0 2 0 0 1 .300 4 12 1 0 1 .372 0 0 0 0 0 0 547 3 1 0 0 1 1 598 4 1 2 2 0 1 576 4 0 0 0 0 0 555 if 4 0 1 0 0 1 557 4 0 0 0 0 0 571 3 0 0 0 0 0 522 34 3 8 3 1 6 AB BI BB SO Avg.

4 0 0 0 1 3 .191 5 0 2 0 0 2 .316 3 0 1 0 1 1 .350 4 0 1 0 0 1 .357 3 0 0 0 1 0 534 4 0 0 0 0 1 .364 4 0 0 0 0 2 .226 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 3 0 2 0 1 0 .325 33 0 7 0 6 10 AB BI BB SO Avg. 4 1 1 3 0 0 .356 4 110 1 1 546 4 0 2 1 1 0 .314 3 0 1 0 2 0 597 3 0 0 0 2 2 586 5 1 1 0 0 2 562 5 3 3 2 0 0 577 4 2 2 2 1 0 .197 1 0 0 0 0 0 .105 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 513 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 543 36 8 12 8 7 5 AB BIBB SO Avg. 6 1 1 1 0 0 .309 4 3 2 1 1 1 .353 2 2 2 2 1 0 .362 5 1110 1 .335 3 2 2 1 2 0 .331 0 0 0 0 0 0 575 4 0 2 2 0 1 575 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5 2 3 1 0 0 555 4 0 0 0 1 2 500 1 0 0 1 0 0 .136 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 .347 1 0 1 0 0 0 533 3811 1410 8 6 Loa Angeles Loducalb Rebouletss Grdzielank2b Sheffield If BeltreSb SGreenrf Grissomcf Kreuterc Gaonep Olson Goodwin ph Heroes Adams DHansenph Totals Colorado Pierre cf NPerezss LWaJkerrf Helton 1b TWalker2b Onto 3b Norton ph-3b JJimenezp Gantlf Petrickc Neeglep Melhuseph Wasdinp GWhitep Mayneph Shumpsrt3b Totals StLoua AB BI BB SO Avg. Vra2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .306 PorancoSb 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Edmonds 3 0 0 0 1 1 341 Pilots 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 546 Drewrf 4 0 1 0 0 0 592 Lsnkfordlf 4 0 0 0 0 3 576 Rentenass 4 0 0 0 0 2 532 Mathenyc 3 0 2 0 0 0 514 Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Kiksp 2 0 1 0 0 1 .167 Kline 0 0 0 0 0 0 MJamesp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 8 0 1 7 Mawauka AB BI BB SO Avg. Belliard2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Loretta3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 531 Jenkins If 4 1 2 0 0 1 .363 Sexsonib 4 0 0 0 0 3 541 Bumltzrf 3 110 1 1 572 Hammonds cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 537 JHemandezss 4 1 3 2 0 1 569 RCasanovac 3 0 1 2 0 1 559 Haynes 2 0 0 0 0 2 .190 RKingp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leskanicp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 8 9 8 1 11 Stloxs 000 000 000 0 6 2 Mtwaukee 010 200 02x 8 0 Oakland 4, Kansas City 1 Tomorrow's games Boston at N.Y.

Yankees, 12:05 p.m. Anaheim at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m. Chi. White Sox at Toronto, 6:05 p.m.

Texas at Tampa Bay, 6:1 5 p.m. Mondays results Toronto 1 0, Chicago White Sox 3 Yesterday's results Anaheim at Baltimore, ppd, rain Boston at N.Y. Yankees, ppd, rain Detroit 3, Cleveland 0 Texas 5, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 12, Seattle 11 AB HHB8S0 Avg. 4 1 2 0 0 1 2X 4 0 2 1 0 2 586 3 0 0 0 1 2 588 4 0 1 0 0 1 572 4 1 1 0 0 2 .339 4 0 1 1 0 0 550 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 4 0 1 0 0 0 555 4 0 0 0 0 0 531 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 550 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 513 34 2 8 2 2 9 AS BI BB SO Avg. 4 0 0 0 1 2 534 4 0 1 0 0 0 554 3 12 0 1 0 .318 3 1 2 0 1 1 .331 4 0 1 1 0 2 .304 0 0 0 0 0 0 .116 4 1 0 0 0 2 .125 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 4 0 2 2 0 0 503 4 0 0 0 0 0 537 3 0 1 0 0 0 .375 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 511 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 3 10 3 3 7 Qveras2b AJonescf CJones3b BJordanrf DMartmezK JLopezc Gikeypr Brognalb Furcalss Smoltz Ligtenbergp Lockhartph Whiteside Helms ph Totals Florida LCas2b Owens ct-rt Floyd II CJohnsonc Millar 3b Berg 3b Maory if PWilsoncf DLLeelb AGonzalezss CSmithp MIceKp McGuireph Alfonsecap Totals Milwaukee 5, St.

Louis 0 Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 3 Colorado 1 1 Los Angeles 8 San Francisco at Arizona Tomorrow's games St. Louis at Milwaukee, 12:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Chi. Cubs, 1:20 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Mets, Colorado at San 9:15 p.m. Monday's results N.Y. Mets 6, Montreal 3 Atlanta 5, Florida 3 San Diego 7, Houston 6 Colorado 6, Los Angeles 3 Arizona 4, San Francisco 2 Yesterday's results Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, rain Montreal 3, N.Y.

Mets 0 Florida 3, Atlanta 2 San Diego 6, Houston 2 000 201 000 000 000 000 3 60 0 70 Cleveland Smoltz improves but loses Associated Press MIAMI Florida Manager John Boles had no idea what he Atlanta 000 000 011 2 8 0 Pdanco (2), Drew (3). LOB: St. Louis 8, Milwaukee 6. 2B: Jenkins (4), JHemandez (7). SB: Drew (4).

Kie, Haynes. SF: RCasanova. GIDP: Pdanco. Otis 5 (Wia 2, Drew, Lanktord. Matheny); Milwaukee 4 (BeHiard, Sexson, RCasanova 2).

DP: St. Louis 1 (Vina and Renteria); Milwaukee 1 (JHemandez, BeKard and Sex- 000 102 0D 3 10 0 was getting when the a. It LOB: Detroit 5, Cleveland 11. 2B: JEncar-naoon (6), JofCabrera (4). HR: Fek (5) off Colon; Palmer (6) off Colon.

SB: Cedeno (11). GIDP: Fick, Thome. DP: Detroit 1 (Easley, DOruz and TOark); Cleveland 1 jj()ICabrera, RAIomar and Thome). DeboR 9 RERBB SO NP ERA 76 0 0 310116 3.18 Nitkowski ft 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 86 TBJonesS.10 1 1 0 0 2 0 32 4.86 Cleveland IP RERBB SO NP ERA Colon 44 8 7 3 3 1 5116 3.86 Karsay 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0.99 Umpires: Home. Hudson; Fist, Hernandez; Second, Barksdale; Third, CerJerstrom.

3.00. A 35,362 PADRES 8, ASTROS 2 Mariins traaea ior KWJ Cnmr Cinirh I son). VJtlUVIV 11 LI 111 UXJL CTVM son. St Louis Kile 6-3 Kkne MJames MstwsufcsM RERBB SO NP ERA 754 7 5 4 1 10106 3.38 14 1 0 0 0 0 7 2.33 1 0 0 0 1 8 4.58 RERBB SO NP ERA 3-2 last night Smith (3-0), acquired from Texas last June, allowed six hits and one run in 7 23 innings. He struck out sevea walked two and helped the Marlins beat John Smoltz for just the third time in 16 games.

"That's a huge find," Boles said. Smith retired the first nine Braves in order and didn't get into any real trouble until the eighth. "I waited a long time to get here and perform, and now is my time," said Smith, barely a iOO pitcher (59-53) in his minor league career. Smoltz also was impressive, at least early. Making his second start since October 1999 because of elbow surgery, Smoltz (0-2) gave up nine hits and three runs in 5 13 innings.

Still it was a much better outing than his last start Against Colorado last week, the 1996 NL Cy Young Award winner allowed five runs, six hits and walked two in three innings. "It's hard to come away feeling good whenever you lose, but I do," said Smoltz, who had not started 0-2 since being 0-3 in 199L LosAngeles 000 003 101 8 12 1 Colorado 012 030 41x -11 14 0 Grudzielanek (3). LOB: Los Angeles 10, Colorado 1 1 2B: Gnjdzielariek (6), Grissom (4). Kreuter (3). LWafker (12).

TWafker (11), Norton (7). 38: Gnssom (1), NPerez (5). HR: Grissom (8) off JJmenez; Kreuter (1) off GWhrte; Loduca (3) off WasoTn; LWaJker (16) off Gagne. SB: SGreen (5), LWafker (5). Gagne.

SF: Loduca. Neagle. GJDP: Sheffield. DP; Los Angeles 1 (Reboulet, Gnjdzielanek, Loduca and Reboulet). Colorado 1 (NPerez.

TWakar and Heilon) LosAngeles RERBB SO NP ERA Gagne 4'6 6 6 3 2 99 5.15 Olson 1 0 0 1 1 13 5.52 Herges 1-4 13 3 3 1 1 38 3.76 Adams 1'A4 2 1 1 2 28 4.94 Colorado RERBB SO NP ERA Neagle 5 5 3 3 4 4106 4.22 Wasdm 4 3 3 1 0 20 753 1'A2 1 1 0 1 21 5.95 2 1 1 1 2 0 30 4.42 IBB: off Wasdin (Sheffield) 1. HBP: by Herges (LWalker), by Gagne (LWalker), by Gagne (CiriBo). Umpres: Home, Tschida; First, Davis; Second, Reker; Third, Carlson. 3:44. A 41 ,563 Monday's late boxes i ROCKIES 6, DODGERS 3 LOB: Atlanta 7, Florida 10.

2B: Brogna (4), Floyd (8). 3B: Overas (1), DMartnez (1), DLLee (1). SB: LCasMo (14), Floyd (5). CS: QVerasO). AtaU RERB6 SO NP ERA Smote 0-2 5S 9 3 3 0 5 86 6.64 Ligtenberg 10 0 0 3 1 24 5.79 Whiteside 1 1 0 0 0 1 12 7.36 Florida RERBB SO NP ERA 7i6 1 1 2 7106 2.93 Mra Xi 0 0 0 0 1 6 4.86 AlfnscaS.10 12 110 1 16 2.75 IBB: off Ligtenberg (CJohnson) 1, off Ligtenberg (Floyd) 1.

PB: JLopez. Umpires: Home. Gorman: Fret, Crawford; Second, Eddings; Third, Cooper. 2:41. 12,014 RANGERS 5, DEVIL RAYS 2 AB BI BB SO Avg.

Now he knows exactly what to expect, and he couldn't ask for anything more from the 31-year-old right-hander. Smith gave Florida another solid outing improving to 7-1 with a 2.45 ERA in his last 10 starts and Derrek Lee drove in two runs as the Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 0 111 110 1 76 0 0 1 5113 4.19 RKmg 0 0 0 0 1. 5 3.12 Leskanic 0 0 0 0 1 6 3.92 HBP; by Kile (Hammonds), by Haynes (Pujols), by Haynes (Vina). Umpires: Home, Bnnkman; First, Fichter; Second, Cousins: Third, Nelson, Jeff. 2:37.

A 30500 EXPOS 3, METS 0 3 2 2 3 5 12 0 2 0 10 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 10 1 2 590 0 569 1 .305 2 .336 1 593 0 587 2 522 0 .000 0 .170 1 .154 0 .150 9 3 0 10 10 0 0 33 6 8 8 SanOtego Henderson If Kotsaycf Klesko 1b Nevin3b BDavisc Trammel rf Riggs2b WItasickp Gomez ss-2b WWIIIiamsp Mendezss Totals Houston Lugoss Bagwell 1b Berkmancf AJourf Hidalgo If Castila3b Ausmusc Elarton Merced ph NCruzp Hayes ph Oswalt Totals BI BB SO Avg. 0 0 0 0 2 573 0 589 2 581 1 567 Klesko's 2HRslift Padres 0 .400 1 588 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NewVbrk AB BIBB SO Avg. Bragg rt 5 0 3 0 0 1 596 Me 1b 0 2 0 0 1 562 Alfonzo2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 552 Piazza 4 0 0 0 0 0 554 VenturaSb 3 0 0 0 1 1 575 Agbayanilf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .302 Shinjocf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .309 ROrdonazss 2 0 0 0 1 1 541 DHamltonph 1 0. 0 0 0 0 .121 Gonzalez 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Warns ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 RWhitep 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Relaford ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .339 Totals 36 0 0 3 7 Montreal AB BI BB SO Avg, OCabrerass 4 0 2 1 0 0 575 Pndelf 3 0 3 0 1 0 590 Bradley cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 532 VGuerrerorl 4 1 1 1 0 0 597 Stevens 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 534 Blum2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 528 Tracy 3b 2 111 1 0 .138 Mcrdecajpr-3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Barretlc 3 0 1 0 0 0 508 Armas 3 0 0 0 0 0 550 GMotap 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Urbinap 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 10 3 2 3 507 512 .118 535 .000 Texas AB BIBB SO Avg. Greer If 4 2 1 1 1 0 581 Velarde 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .337 ARodriguezss 4 1 2 0 1 0 .324 RPalmerolb 3 0 0 1 0 0 559 IRodriguezc 4 0 2 1 0 0 591 Kapler cf 2 1 2 2 2 0 .333 Catalanottodh 4 0 0 0 0 0 580 CanM3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 519 Mateo rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 546 Totals 33 5 8 4 3 Tampa By AB BI BB SO Avg, Rolls 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .320 SCoxph 1 0 0 0 0 0 550 GWHtamscf 5 0 0 0 0 1 521 Gheveff 1 0 0 0 3 0 560 Gvaughndh 2 0 0 0 2 2 547 McGrrfllb 4 0 1 0 0 0 .314 Wmntf 3 12 0 1 1 .310 Huff 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0 508 DFekcec 4 0 1 2 0 2 .189 Sheets ss 3 0 2 0 1 1 550 Totals 31 2 8 2 7 8 Texas 000 000 131 8 91 TampaBay 000 000 002 2 60 1 .095 0 2 8 2 1 8 LosAngeles AB BI BB SO Avg.

Goodwin cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 515 Gnssom ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 560 Grdzlank2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .309 Sheffield If 3 0 0 0 1 2 596 SGreenrf 3 0 0 0 1 2 564 Karros 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 532 DHansenph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 550 BeltreSb 3 3 3 1 1 0 .313 Loduca 3 0 1 1 1 1 .366 Corass 2 0 1 1 0 0 515 Rebouletph-ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 545 Dreifortp 2 0 0 0 0 2 535 Herges 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bocachcaph 1 0 0 0 0 0 555 Totals 3 8 3 4 8 Colorado AB BI BB SO Avg. Pierrecf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .316 NPerezss 4 1 1 0 0 0 548 LWakerrf 3 2 1 0 1 0 553 Helton 1b 2 1 0 0 1 0 .340 TWalker2b 4 1 2 4 0 0 525 Onto 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 575 Gantlf 3 1 1 0 0 1 536 Utttelf 1 0 0 0 0 0 527 Maynec 3 0 1 0 0 1 .351 KDavisp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 GWNtep 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 JJimenezp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chacon 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 MMyersp 0 0 0 0 0 0 -f Petrickc 1 0 0 0 0 0 511 Totals 29 8 8 8 2 3 SanDngo 031 020 000 6 6 1 000 011 000 2 8 0 000 000 000 000 012 OOx 0 91 3 10 0 Nevii (9). LOB: San Diego 7, Houston 6. 2B: Kotsay (9). HR: Barkman (11) off WWiiams; Klesko 2 (12) off Elarton 2.

CS: Henderson (2). SF: Merced. GIDP: Kotsay. DP: San Diego 1 (Nevii, BOavis and Gomez); Houston 1 (Lugo and Bagwel). SanDiago RERBB SO NP ERA WHmsW.5-3 7 8 2 2 1 7107 4.55 WrtasickS.I 0 0 0 1 15 137 Houston RERBB SO NP ERA Elarton 4-4 6 5 6 6 4 6 84 6.32 NCruz 2 1 0 0 0 1 16 2.96 Oswalt 2 2 0 0 3 2 33 0.77 IBB: off Oswalt (Klesko) 1 Umpires: Home, Kulpa; First, Bel; Second, Hsschbeck, Third, Foster, Marty.

2:27. A 31,094 (40.950). TWINS 12, MARINERS 11 UeAngeas 010 100 100 3 81 Colorado 300 100 02 6 8 0 Mr AP Velarde (2). LOB: Texas 7, Tampa Bay 9. 28: Afloonguez 2 (11), IFtodnguez (6).

3B: Wmn (1). HR: Greer (6) off 06247: Kapler (6) off Rekar. CS: McGrifl (1). SF: RPalmero. GIDP: Mateo, SCox, GWliams, McGrflf, Huff.

DP: Texas 5 (Rogers, ARodriguez and RPalmero). (IRoonouez. ARodnguez, RPalmero and ARodnguez), (Aflodngoez, Velarde and RParmero), (ARodriguez, Velarde and RPalmero), (ARodriguez, Velarde and RPaJmeiro); Tampa Bay 1 (Sheets, Rolls and McGrifl). Tnes IP RERBB SO NP ERA RogrsW.3-3 6 5 0 0 5 6101 5.97 Smart 1 1 0 0 0 1 13 0.00 Venafro 1 0 2 1 2 0 22 3.95 JFOnmermn 1 2 0 0 0 1 25 3.13 TampaBay IP RERBB SO NP ERA Zeile (4). LOB: New York 11, Montreal 7.

28: Bragg 2 (4), Agbayani (7), Barrett (7). HR: VGuerrero (8) off Gonzalez. SB: Relaford (3), OCabrera (5), Blum (1). CS: Pride (2). GIDP: Bradley, VGuerrero.

DP: New York 2 (Alfonzo, ROrdonez and Zeile), (ROrdonez, Alfonzo and Zeile). NewVbrk RERBB SO NP ERA GnzatL.1-2 6 6 3 2 2 1100 5.64 RrWhite 2 2 0 0 0 2 25 4.91 Montreal IP RERBB SO NP ERA 7 7 0 0 2 6112 3.09 GMota 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 350 1 2 0 0 0 1 24 452 Umpires: Home, Marquez; First, Rippley; Second, Winters; ThW, Barrett, Ted. T. 2:52. A 4,186 CUBS 5, REDS 3 Helton reached frst on catchers mterfet-ence.

I Loduca (1). LOB: Los Angeles 6, Colorado 4. 2B: NPerez (10), Walker fli TWalker 2 (10), Gant (7). 3B: Bettre (1). HR: Etertre (1) off Chacon.

SB: Pierre (12). C3: Cirillo (1). Dreifort, Chacon. GIDP: Sheffield. DP: Los Angeles 1 (Heroes artf Reboulet); Colorado 1 (NPerez and Hefiori LosAngelej RERBB SO NP ERA Dreifort 3-3 7 8 6 4 2 3 93 4.56 Herges 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.9 Colorado RERBB SO NP ERA 6 5 3 3 2 7101 6.66 MMyers 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.46 KDavis 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.04 GWrnte 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5.89 JJmnzS.8 1VS0 0 0 1 1 21 4.41 Deifort pitched to 3 batters In the 8th, Chacon rMched to 2 batters in the 7th, GWh pitched to 1 batter In the 8th.

i HBP: by KDavis (Gruazksanek). by Dreifort (Pierre). PB: Loduca, Umpies: Home, Cart-son: First, Tsctuda; Second, Davis; TTwl, Rieker. 2:38. A 38,196 I PADRES 7, ASTROS 8 7 6 4 4 4 2109 5 06 Rekar 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.86 (4 2 0 0 0 0 14 3.96 11110 1 16 9.00 Creek Meacham Catoway Texas shortstop Alex Rodriguez (3) leaps over Tampa Bay's Randy Winn after forcing him out at second during a double play yesterday.

Twins outslug Mariners Associated Press Ryan Klesko is just enjoying his nine-game hitting streak right now because he knows it won't last forever. Klesko hit two home runs for the second straight game and drove in three runs to lead the San Diego Padres to a 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros last night "You go through one of these streaks once every year or once every other year," Klesko said. "You always enjoy it and you always want to savor it because you always know you're going to go through streaks where you struggle." Klesko led off the third with a solo homer off Scott Elarton (4-4) for a 4-0 lead, and hit a two-run homer in the fifth in the Padres' fourth straight victory. Klesko hit two three-run home runs and a triple and drove in six runs Monday night in a 7-6 victory over the Astros. Klesko, who has 31 RBI in 19 games, went l-for-3 last night and is hitting .472 (17-for-36) during his streak.

Brewers 5, Canfnab (h Jimmy Haynes allowed six hits in 7 23 scoreless innings as Milwaukee beat St Louis. Haynes (4-4) hasn't given up a run in his last 17 innings. Cubs 5, Reds 3: Miguel Cairo led off the first inning with a homer, and James Brower balked in the go-ahead run as Chicago beat Cincinnati Gary Matthews Jr. went 3-for-4, tying his career high for hits. Expos 3, Mets 0: Tony Armas Jr.

pitched seven shutout innings as Montreal beat New York. Rockies 11, Dodgers Neifi Perez's RBI triple keyed a four-run seventh inning, rallying Colorado Rockies over Los Angeles. Venafro pitched to 2 batters In the 9th, Refer pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. HBP: by Rekar (Velarde). WP Venafro.

Umpires: Home. Kellogg; Fist, Rely: Second. Holowel; Thtd. rmmons. 3:06.

11.179(44,445). Seattle AB BI BB SO Avg, Suzukirf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .361 McLemore3b 6 1 1 0 0 1 593 EMatinezdh 5 1 2 0 0 1 590 Oerudlb 5 2 3 2 0 1 .335 BBoone2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .322 Cameron cf 4 2 2 3 1 2 570 Javierlf 3 1 1 1 1 0 582 CGuienss 4 1 1 2 1 0 528 DWdsonc 3 0 1 0 0 0 517 AMaronph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 DaBelph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Lampkric 1 0 1 1 0 0 535 Totals 41 11 1511 3 6 Mhnaeola AB BI BB SO Avg. CGuzmanss 5 2 3 1 0 0 .304 Hoctongdh 4 2 1 0 1 0 535 MienOuewcz 1b 5 2 4 4 0 0 .403 Lawtonrf 4 1 1 1 1 0 553 KostaeSb 4 1 2 2 1 0 555 THurrterof 5 0 0 1 0 2 525 JJonesf 5 1 2 1 0 1 545 Rrvas2b 2 1 0 1 1 0 525 Plerzynskic 4 2 2 1 0 0 563 Totals 38121512 4 3 Seats 000 3W 004 11 IS 0 ATHLETICS 4, ROYALS 1 BI BB SO 2 10 0 Avg. 508 BBSO Avd. 1 2 591 0 0 569 1 0 596 Oakland Damon If Menechno2b JaGambMb Saenz oh Byrnes pr-oh Longcf 0 2 339 .300 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 Cincinnati AB BI BB SO Avg.

Reesess 3 1 0 0 1 0 565 Tuckerlf 3 2 1 1 1 0 577 Casey 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .338 Ochoarf 4 0 0 0 0 1 594 RMRrveracf 4 0 1 1 0 2 575 LaRuec 4 0 1 0 0 1 580 SarJer2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 527 Reding 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 DSandersph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .179 Larson 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .067 Reithp 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 BSebyph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brower 0 0 0 0 0 0 550 JCastro2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .197 Totals 3 4 3 4 8 Chicago AB BI BB SO Aug. Cairo 2b 3 1 1 1 2 1 .462 Gutwmzss 2 1 0 0 2 1 563 Coomer3b-1b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .355 HunrJeyc 5 1 1 0 0 2 513 RoWhitelf 4 0 0 0 0 3 547 Stars 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 520 Ojeda3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 544 MatthewsJr.cf 4 2 3 0 0 0 500 Dunwoodyrf 4 0 1 2 0 0 578 Taverezp 2 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Duncan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zuletaph 1 0 0 0 0 0 527 Famsworthp 0 0 0 0 0 0 EYbungph 1 0 0 0 0 0 576 Fasserop 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 6 8 4 8 8 0 569 0 .333 2 523 0 1 592 0 537 0 583 1 550 0 545 4 0 591 1 561 0 .006 1 .163 3 .150 EChavez3b Piatt rf 008 OOO 04l 12 16 1 FUHemandezc 4 0 0 qualifying for the win. Tigers 3, Marts 0: Jeff Weaver pitched 7 23 shutout innings and Dean Palmer and Robert Fick homered for Detroit as the Tigers defeated Cleveland. Weaver (4-5) stymied an Indians' offense that leads the American League in batting, runs and RBI. Athletics 4, Royals 1: Jason Giambi hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to lead Oakland to their seventh straight win, beating Kansas City.

The A's have won 14 of 18. Rangers 5, Devi Rays 2. Gabe Kapler hit a solo homer and Kenny Rogers pitched six shutout innings as Texas beat Tampa to win consecutive games for the first time in more than a month Kapler's sixth homer snapped a scoreless tie in the seventh. Totals 37 411 4 Associated Press The Minnesota Twins spotted Brad Radke an 8-0 lead last night and it nearly wasn't enough against the Seattle Mariners. Doug Mientkiewicz went 4-for-5 with four RBI as the Twins out-slugged the Mariners 12-11 in a meeting of the teams with the best records in baseball.

"You never feel like enough's enough against them," Mientkiewicz said. "You just have that feeling they're not going to die." The Mariners scored four times in the ninth inning to draw within one. "I think we won," Twins Manager Tom Kelly said. Radke failed in his bid to become baseball's first eight-game winner. He gave up seven runs six earned and nine hits in 4 13 innings, finishing two outs short of 1 .152 7 10 7 2 11 SanDiago Henderson Kotsaycf Klesko 1b Nem3b BDavisc Trammel rf Regs 2b Hoffman Gomez ss-2b Eaton KWafcerp Daveyp Mendezss Totals Houston Lugoss Eoo2b Bagwel 1b Berkmancf Akxirt Hidalgo ff CasMa3b Eusebioc Ausmuspr-c Reynoldsp JWPoweKp DWardph Dotelp Totals BI BB SO Avg.

KamnCity AB CBettranct 5 RSanchezss 4 MJSweeneydh 3 0 580 BI BB SO Avg. 0 1 0 0 2 572 0 2 1 1 1 583 0 0 0 1 0 .305 0 2 0 0 1 570 Dyerf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 596 2 562 1 .361 0 .397 2 562 1 540 2 563 0 511 3 .000 0 .000 1 599 0 .143 Randa3b Oumnrl McCartylb Acea2b HOrtizc DBrownph Totals 1 562 0 587 3 522 0 555 1 534 0 .305 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 18 13 CGuzman (7). LOB: Seattle 9, Mirinesota 7. 2B: BBoone (11), Javier (4), Lampkjn (4), CGuzman 2 (10), Mieritkiewicz 2 (11), Law-ton (7), Koskie fh Pierzynski (9). HR Cameron (8) oft Radke.

SB: Mientkiewicz (1). SF: Suzuki, Javier, Rjvas. Seatos RERBB 80 NP ERA PAobtL5-2 9 8 6 1 1 60 6 66 RFranklm 3M 3 0 0 0 1 46 2.67 Charlton 11 3 3 2 1 21 3.93 Paniagua 2 1 1 1 0 8 3.47 Minnesota RERBB SO NP ERA Radke 49 7 6 0 2 81 3.39 2K1 0 0 2 3 49 3.86 Carrasco 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 91 Guardado 1V, 2 2 2 0 0 27 5.49 Hawkins 1 3 2 2 0 1 19 3.38 Carrasco pitched to 1 batter the 7th, Guardado pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. BB: oft Paniagua (Koskie) 1. HBP: by BWeHs (BBoone).

WP: PAbbott. PB: DW-son. Umpires: Home. Gufcreth; Fast Scott; Second, Young; Thrd, WW. 326 A 29.005(48,678).

Thrw-Homer Gams 611 2 12 100 002 000 101 101 10x CrlclnnaB Chicago 3 41 8 80 SanOisgo 300 001 300 Houston 005 000 100 7 102 6 11 0 Shoulder injury likely will end Raines' comeback Associated Press (Through Monday's gamee) Oakland rjoi rjrx 030 4 11 2 KansasCtty 000 000 100 1 8 0 Menechino (5), Te)ada (5). LOB: Oakland 6 Kansas City 10. 2B: JaGiambl (13), Saenz (7), Long (9). 3B: Piatt (1). HR JaGiambl (10) of! Ghrnstey.

SB: Damon (10), Byrnes (1). Dye (4). CS: HOrtJz (2). GIDP: Teiada. RSanchez.

DP: Oakland 1 EChavat, Menecnro and JaGiambi); Kansas City 1 (RSanchez, Atcea and McCarty). Oakland RERBB SO NP ERA Zito 66 1 0 2 7114 4.89 MecrW.1-4 I'l 1 0 0 1 1 24 3.00 lsmghsnS.8 1 1 0 0 0 1 13 350 Kama Cay RERBB SO NP ERA Span 2-4 3 3 0 3128 435 Gnmsley i 2 1 1 0 1 15 2 67 DHenry 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 5.04 8: off Meet IMJSweeney) 1. Umpres. Horns. Froemmrig; Fist, Meals; Second, Cuzzt Trmt Bonn.

110. 15533 (40.793). Carlos Detgado, Toronto, Apr! 4, at Tampa Bay. Carlos rjekjado, Toronto, Aprj, 20, at Kansas City. Reese (4).

LOB: Cincinnati 4, Chicago 1 1 28: Casey (13), LaRue (5), Coomer (3), Huntley (6), Dunwoody (1) HR: Caro (1) off Reith. SB: LaRue (1). CS: Caro (1). Gutierrez. DP: Cticago 1 (Stars).

Crams RERBB SO NP ERA Reith 4 5 3 3 1 5 66 4 35 Brower 2-3 12 1 1 4 1 48 5.88 Rrecfng 2S2 1 I 1 2 36 296 Chicago RERBB SO NP ERA Tavarez 3 3 3 4 2 89 3.15 DncnW.2-1 1 1 0 0 0 1 13 266 Famswcrth 1 0 0 0 0 2 16 3 13 Fassero 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.74 Gordons. 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 18 643 Tavarez pnctied to 3 batters i the 6th. HBP: by AerAng tCoomer). PB: Hundfey. Bale Brower.

Umpires: Home. Diac Fist, Reed; Second, Clark; Thrd, VVegner. 3:00. A 37565 Gomez (1). Eaton (2).

LOB: San Dego i Houston 7. 2B: Berkman (11). 3B' Klesko (1), Berkman (3). HR: Bagwel (12) off Eaton-Klesko 2 (10) off JVowel, IWjids. GIOP: Riggs.

Bagwel. Berkman. DP: San Drego 2 (Eaton. Ftggs and tQeekot (Mendez. Gomez and Klesko), Houston (Reynolds, LurjoarMBar.rfus SanDieoo RERBB SO NP ERA 6.8 8 5 1 10113 568 KWaker 0 1 0 0 0 0 8300 Davey 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 3.07 1S1 0 0 1 1 17 Houston RERBB SO if1 ERA RrdsL4-3 6i9 6 6 2 6102 588 JWPowel IVil 1 1 0 2 13 4 76 Dotal 1 0 0 0 0 3 18 456 KWafker pitched to 1 baiter in the 7th.

Ltmpres: Home, Foster. Marty. Rn. Kulpa; Second. Ek Ttsrd, Hasctibeox, M.

302. A I homers and 61 RBI for Florida and the Chicago Cubs last seasoa Kggnson out Detroit put outfielder Bobby Higginson on the 15-day DL Higginson strained his left rib cage at Tampa Bay on Saturday. He is batting 292 with six home runs and 20 RBL He signed a $35 million, four-year contract extension with the Tigers before this seasoa! An MRI revealed Tim Raines' shoulder injury is worse than originally thought and the outfielder's comeback with the Montreal Expos has likely come to an end. A contrast MRI study confirmed that Raines, 4L had a tear in his left biceps muscle and labrurn. Raines, 4L who retired in March 2000, returned to baseball this Arams Ramrez, Pittsburgh, Apr! 8, at Houston.

Tbod HcfcnoSworth, Colorado, Aprl 15, vs. April with Montreal the team he broke in with in 1979. Raines hit 265 (9-for-34) with the Expos this seasoa Rodriguez joins Yanks: Outfielder Henry Rodriguez, out since spring training with a bad back, was activated by the New York Yankees. Rodriguez, 33, hit 256 with 20 Geal Jenkins, Mnvaukes, Aprl 28, vs. Montreal.

Jeromy Bumrtz, Mrwaukee, May 10, vs. Chcago. Barry Bonds. San Francisco, May 19, at Atlanta.